As Mayor Eric Adams vows to better serve preschoolers in special education, many young children are not getting the services they are entitled to under the law.
According to the city’s education department, 10,580 preschoolers who were supposed to get speech, physical or occupational therapy were not yet getting it as of April 2023. Another 1,970 preschool students who were supposed to have an instructor provide part-time specialized instruction, also known as a special education itinerant teacher, were not getting that service either.
